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'Angel is surrounded by dangers; her fragile hold on life weakened by the violence of a client and her spiralling drug habit.
'Faith is a born outsider who has an intense commitment to saving Angel due to unresolved events in her own wild life - an eccentric upbringing by a communist aunt, her roller-coaster career as a famous singer, passionate love affairs and the fate of her beloved daughter.
'FAITH SINGER both chronicles the powerful friendship between them and celebrates the life of an extraordinary woman and the city she lives in.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Kindle ed.).
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This work has Reading Australia teaching resources.
Unit Suitable For
AC: Senior Secondary (Literature Unit 3)
Themes
belonging, drug addiction, family, friendship, hardship, homelessness, love, resilience, social responsibility, the changing nature of family
General Capabilities
Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Personal and social
Notes
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Dedication: For Marilyn with love and gratitude
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Essay] : Faith Singer
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;'These are the words of Faith Singer, a whisky-drinking, parsley-chewing (to hide the smell), white-haired blues singer who has enough heart, courage, honesty and failings to make her one of the most unforgettable characters of Australian writing. Faith’s words, towards the end of the book, capture the wisdom of a novel that is about the importance of compassion, truth, love and maintaining faith in humanity in all its mess, chaos, tenderness and brutality. It is a voice that is vivid and authentic, coming from a woman that I am reluctant to call a character – she is more akin to a living being; the kind of person that we all need in our lives.' (Introduction)
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Coming and Going : A Literature of Place - Australian Fiction 2001-2002
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 38-51)
— Review of Gould's Book of Fish : A Novel in Twelve Fish 2001 single work novel ; A Child's Book of True Crime 2002 single work novel ; Gilgamesh : A Novel 2001 single work novel ; The City of Sealions 2002 single work novel ; Cafe Scheherazade 2001 single work novel ; The Architect : A Tale 2001 single work novel ; An Innocent Gentleman 2001 single work novel ; The Fog Garden 2001 single work novel ; Faith Singer 2001 single work novel ; The Blind Eye 2001 single work novel ; The Bone Flute 2001 single work novel ; Bitin' Back 2001 single work novel ; Dirt Music 2001 single work novel -
The Novel of Good Intentions
2002
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review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Little Tragedies
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 233 2001; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel
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2000-
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— Appears in: CrossLines
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Imprecisions, but Faith Overcomes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 August 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
New Story, Old Dilemmas
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 August 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Blade of Hope for the Junkies' Plight
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 September 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Faith Singer 2001 single work novel -
Touched by an Angel
2001
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biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 August 2001; (p. 6) -
[Essay] : Faith Singer
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;'These are the words of Faith Singer, a whisky-drinking, parsley-chewing (to hide the smell), white-haired blues singer who has enough heart, courage, honesty and failings to make her one of the most unforgettable characters of Australian writing. Faith’s words, towards the end of the book, capture the wisdom of a novel that is about the importance of compassion, truth, love and maintaining faith in humanity in all its mess, chaos, tenderness and brutality. It is a voice that is vivid and authentic, coming from a woman that I am reluctant to call a character – she is more akin to a living being; the kind of person that we all need in our lives.' (Introduction)
- Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,